Henry Kressel
{{Short description|American engineer, scientist, and financial executive}}
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Henry Kressel (born c. 1934) is an American engineer, scientist, and financial executive.
In 1980, Kressel was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for pioneering research in opto-electronic devices with specific emphasis on semiconductor lasers.
He is a partner and the senior managing director of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus.{{cite web|url=http://www.warburgpincus.com/people/ViewEmployee,employeeid,69.aspx |title=Henry Kressel |publisher=warburgpincus.com. Warburg Pincus |accessdate=2012-01-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219143140/http://www.warburgpincus.com/people/ViewEmployee%2Cemployeeid%2C69.aspx |archivedate=2011-12-19 }}
He has been a board member of SRI International since 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.sri.com/about/people/henry-kressel|title=Henry Kressel|publisher=SRI International|accessdate=2013-07-01}}{{cite news|url=http://www.sri.com/news/releases/10-16-01.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119042145/http://www.sri.com/news/releases/10-16-01.html|archivedate=2012-01-19|title=SRI International Elects Dr. Henry Kressel to Board of Directors|publisher=SRI International|date=2012-01-15|accessdate=2012-01-15}}
Early life and education
Kressel's parents and sister were murdered in The Holocaust during World War II, after which Kressel emigrated to the United States. He entered Chaim Berlin High School in 1947 and graduated in 1951.{{cite web|url=http://www.yu.edu/support/meet-donors/kressel/|title=Dr. Henry Kressel|publisher=yu.edu. Yeshiva University|accessdate=2012-01-15}}
Kressel earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Yeshiva College, a master's in applied physics from Harvard University, an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in material science, also from the University of Pennsylvania.
Career
Kressel joined RCA Laboratories in 1959, and spent 23 years there.{{cite web|url=http://www.pickar.caltech.edu/e103/guestbios.html|title=E/ME 103: Management of Technology: Guest Bios|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2012-01-15}} He was in charge of development and commercialization of research developments in a variety of fields including light sources, light detectors, and integrated circuits. The development of the first practical laser diodes and the first epitaxial silicon solar cell are also attributed to him. He eventually became vice president of solid-state electronic research and development.
Kressel joined Warburg Pincus in 1983.
Memberships and awards
Kressel received an honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University. He is a 1974 IEEE Fellow and was the founding president of IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society in 1977.{{cite news|url=http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/chronology/fellows_1974.html |title=Fellow Class of 1974 |publisher=IEEE |accessdate=2012-01-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629165241/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/chronology/fellows_1974.html |archivedate=2011-06-29 }}{{cite web|url=http://photonicssociety.org/content/our-history|title=Our History|publisher=photonicssociety.org. IEEE Photonics Society|accessdate=2012-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114034255/http://photonicssociety.org/content/our-history|archive-date=2012-01-14|url-status=dead}} He received the IEEE Centennial Medal in 1984 and the IEEE David Sarnoff Award in 1985 for "contributions to electronic devices". He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1980{{cite web|url=http://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/Directory20412/29062.aspx |title=NAE Members Directory - Dr. Henry Kressel|publisher=National Academy of Engineering |accessdate=2012-01-22}} and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
He is on the board of directors of SRI International, Aicent, EnStorage, MACH, Suniva and Telcordia Technologies. He has been on the board of directors of Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business since 2004, and is the chairman of the board of trustees of Yeshiva University.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.yu.edu/news/2004/07/07/henry-kressel-elected-to-board-of-directors-of-yeshiva-university%E2%80%99s-sy-syms-school-of-business/ |title=Henry Kressel Elected to Board of Directors of Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business |publisher=Yeshiva University |date=2004-07-07 |accessdate=2012-01-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001171411/http://blogs.yu.edu/news/2004/07/07/henry-kressel-elected-to-board-of-directors-of-yeshiva-university%E2%80%99s-sy-syms-school-of-business/ |archivedate=2011-10-01 }}
In 2008, Kressel created a scholarship at Yeshiva University in his own name, the Henry Kressel Research Scholarship.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.yu.edu/news/2008/10/29/four-undergraduates-receive-henry-kressel-research-scholarships-to-pursue-research-projects-in-diverse-fields/ |title=Four Undergraduates Receive Henry Kressel Research Scholarships to Pursue Research Projects in Diverse Fields |publisher=Yeshiva University |date=2008-10-29 |accessdate=2012-01-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316165609/http://blogs.yu.edu/news/2008/10/29/four-undergraduates-receive-henry-kressel-research-scholarships-to-pursue-research-projects-in-diverse-fields/ |archivedate=2013-03-16 }}
Patents and publications
Kressel holds 33 United States patents and has published more than 120 papers.{{cite web|url=http://www.israelibusinessforum.org/content/events/past_events/2010-7-12-Kressel.html |title=How Does VC Create Value in the Current World Environment? |publisher=Israeli Business Forum |accessdate=2012-01-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807024519/http://www.israelibusinessforum.org/content/events/past_events/2010-7-12-Kressel.html |archivedate=2010-08-07 }} He has also published six books:
- {{cite book|title=Characterization of Epitaxial Semiconductor Films (Methods and Phenomena: Their Applications in Science and Technology, Vol. 2)|date=1976-04-01|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=0-444-41438-X}}
- {{cite book|title=Semiconductor Lasers and Heterojunction LEDS|publisher=Academic Press|year=1977|isbn=0-12-426250-3}}
- {{cite book|title=Competing for the Future: How Digital Innovations are Changing the World|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-521-86290-5|url=https://archive.org/details/competingforfutu0000kres_t1i8}}
- {{cite book|title=Investing in Dynamic Markets: Venture Capital in the Digital Age|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=July 2010|isbn=978-0-521-11148-5|url=https://archive.org/details/investingindynam0000kres}}
- {{cite book|title=Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy: Engine for Economic Growth|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=August 2012|isbn=978-1-107-01976-8}}
- {{cite book|title=If You Really Want to Change the World: A Guide to Creating, Building, and Sustaining Breakthrough Ventures|publisher=Harvard Business Review|date=October 2015|isbn=978-1-625-27829-6}}
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Category:Yeshiva University alumni